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Table 4 The output of the linear mixed model for any soil-transmitted helminth infections and nutritional indicators

From: Investigating the effect of a school-based WASH intervention on soil-transmitted helminth and schistosome infections and nutritional status of school children in Ethiopia: a quasi-experimental study

Variables

Any STH

HAZ

BMIAZ

Hemoglobin concentrations

  

Estimate (SE)

Est (SE)

Est (SE)

Age at baseline (in years)

0.01 (0.02)

0.20 (0.01)

− 0.03(0.01)

0.13 (0.01)

Time (in years)

− 0.17 (0.07)

− 0.02 (0.10)

0.11 (0.07)

0.39 (0.04)

Intervention arm (vs. control arm)

0.20 (0.45)

− 0.41 (0.44)

0.47(0.22)

0.20 (0.31)

Female (vs. male)

− 0.24 (0.09)

− 0.11 (0.06)

0.41 (0.05)

− 0.26 (0.07)

WASH score at baseline

− 0.21 (0.10)

0.09 (0.09)

− 0.05 (0.04)

− 0.006 (0.07)

Change wash score

NA

0.07 (0.06)

− 0.04 (0.02)

− 0.04 (0.03)

Intervention arm * time (in years) (vs. control arm * time)

− 0.04 (0.11)

0.12 (0.14)

− 0.06(0.10)

− 0.16 (0.06)

  1. The analyzed dataset contained 1046 children from 24 schools from 2013, 2014 and 2015. Values in bold indicate a significant difference between arms (p < 0.05)